Favorite Easter and Spring make it yourself

March was a month of adventures in crafts from bunny burlap garland, egg shell flower cups, paint chip bunny garland, and distressed bird houses.  Not all were successful and some took several attempts.  Who knew there were so many colors and types of burlap.  Finally,  a sweet lady at Hancock Fabrics led me in the right direction after two hours of struggling at home with the wrong burlap.  I did however find a use for the messy burlap and a mason jar. In shopping I found some antique looking rabbits which look great on the mantel along with the distressed bird houses (worked on these to midnight one night because I am a perfectionist- really not a good combination for crafting - such sayin....)




Antique looking Rabbits - love these



Easter Egg cups from Target/ $1.00 each

 


use washed and dryed egg shells, acrylic paint and tacky glue.  The tacky glue strengthens the egg so it does not break apart so easily Add easter grass or moss and silk flowers





I loved how this turned out.  Begin with a mason jar, wrap burlpap (this was the first burlap I bought for the bunny garland - an absolute disaster for the garland)  around the jar and secure with tacky glue (yes, tacky glue is for everything), adhere felt ribbon or any ribbon or twine.  Add  twine to lip of jar and add flowers.  I always put pebbles in the bottom of a vase or jar as it  helps to hold the flowers in place.  The dogs were going crazy over the smell of the burlap - I could not keep them away from it

 



so pretty and inexpensive





This by far was my favorite.  Fun Fur really is fun.  The tighter you wrap the wreath
the better it looks.  Using decorative pearl stick pins secure the daisies into the styrofoam wreath
adhere butterflies using hot glue gun  and add  a little bird nest.  Used daisy ribbion to hang from the door



 
 





Bunny Burlap Banner - use tightly woven burlap, cotton balls, and pilk
felt for the nose.  I used the thin strips from the wider burlap as the bow and regular twine to hang the bunnies on--
hot glue the bunny to the twine.  I finally found a template for the bunny which was
easier to trace then draw freehand

 

 

 

Have a Wonderful Easter